Indian government reportedly seeks to ban sub-$150 Chinese smartphones in the country
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022We want to give another chance to our local manufacturer 😒Making better products really helps when you want to sell them.
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022Because, we need to give a chance to our Indian manufactur... moreSir, this is a forum, not your personal post, everyone has the right to express what they think.
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022We want to give another chance to our local manufacturer 😒That is really not gonna help ngl- Like competitions happen so manufactures can improve themselves so buyers will choose them over other brands. If they just straight up ban those phones then Indians will literally have to buy some phones at ~$150 with specs from decades ago because they won't have any choice other than those.
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Yext, 09 Aug 2022Banning other players making them unable to compete just so... moreWe want to give another chance to our local manufacturer 😒
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022Why ?Banning other players making them unable to compete just so you can sell your products, that weren't competitive before is definitely not right.
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rizki1, 09 Aug 2022Brave move, let's see how it going. From this we know ... moreBut with price range of USD300-800, most of people prefer Samsung phone.
Above USD800, most people prefer iPhone (Samsung has second highest market shares in premium segment)
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Nick Tegrataker, 09 Aug 2022They have already been given a chance and so far aren'... moreAnd who told you put a comment about a subject which you don’t know properly ?
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022I wrote it only for you so, I don’t care whether other peop... moreOh, I don't understand it either. It's an expression that doesn't exist in English so I just assumed that you just translated an idiom from your mother tongue.
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Brave move, let's see how it going. From this we know sub $200 chinese phones are very strong not only in India but others countries as well.
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022Because, we need to give a chance to our Indian manufactur... moreThey have already been given a chance and so far aren't doing so well. Probably because of worse product quality, lack of software support, failure in marketing, or all of them combined.
And when did I ever ask for *your* opinion, boy?
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Nick Tegrataker, 09 Aug 2022You can't just machine-translate a local idiom to Engl... moreI wrote it only for you so, I don’t care whether other people understand it or not 😏. It is enough to me that you understand that sentence 😒.
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Foolish move since lava and Micromax phone have always been useless even before comming of Chinese phones the only company who will benifit from this move will be samsung and nokia as they have good phones below 12000rs so if they really want to promote Indian brands they have to band all foreign companies from selling phones below 12000.
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022Oil your own machine 😏You can't just machine-translate a local idiom to English and hope people will understand it lol.
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Android.Oreo, 09 Aug 2022Check in dictionary Dictionary contains words meaning not what it wanted to say 😏
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Before, the punishment seems justifiable. Now it's just bullying. What they should've done is banning Chinese phone under $50 while their local improve the quality step by step.
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AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022Can you explain please ? 😬Check in dictionary
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Nick Tegrataker, 09 Aug 2022"The idea behind banning Chinese brands from selling s... moreBecause, we need to give a chance to our Indian manufacturers. So, we don’t need know what you think 😏
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Nick Tegrataker, 09 Aug 2022"The idea behind banning Chinese brands from selling s... moreOil your own machine 😏
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"The idea behind banning Chinese brands from selling smartphones in the sub-$150 segment in India is to allow local players such as Lava and Micromax to boost their sales in this category and regain the market share"
So poorer people get shittier phones while richer ones are completely unaffected by this decision, seems legit.
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Indian readers, please explain how this move isn't a political one? Unilaterally banning something without a good reason? Now I am starting to think all those "tax evasion" charges by the Indian government against Chinese brands are political.